The
income
tax
department
raided
the
houses
and
offices
of
film
producers.
Income
tax
audit
was
conducted
at
the
houses
of
producers
Anthony
Perumbavoor,
Anto
Joseph,
Listin
Stephen
and
Prithviraj.
The
raid
started
simultaneously
at
7.45
am
on
Thursday
and
ended
at
8
pm.
The
raid
was
conducted
at
the
house
of
Anthony
Perumbavoor
in
Patal
and
the
houses
of
the
rest
in
Kochi.
The
authorities
are
not
ready
to
release
information
about
the
inspection.
The
team
examined
and
collected
various
digital
documents,
payment
documents
etc.
It
is
reported
that
the
inspection
was
conducted
by
the
Kerala
Tamil
Nadu
teams
of
the
tax
department,
and
the
officials
arrived
in
six
cars
without
even
informing
the
local
police.
The
officials
were
not
ready
to
explain
the
information
about
the
inspection
to
the
journalists
as
well.
The
gate
was
closed
and
entry
was
denied
to
outsiders.
Anthony
Perumbavoor
was
at
home
when
the
investigation
took
place.
Prithviraj
Sukumaran
is
an
Indian
actor,
producer
and
playback
singer.
He
has
acted
in
Malayalam,
Tamil,
Telugu
and
Hindi
language
films.
He
made
his
debut
in
the
film
industry
in
2002
with
the
Malayalam
film
Nandanam.
After
that,
he
became
a
very
familiar
actor
by
acting
in
more
than
80
films.
Prithviraj
was
born
on
October
16,
1982
in
Thiruvananthapuram,
Kerala.
His
father
Sukumaran
is
an
actor
and
mother
Mallika
Sukumaran
is
an
actress.
He
has
an
elder
brother
named
Indrajith
Sukumaran.
He
is
acting
only
in
Malayalam
and
Tamil
movies.
His
wife
Poornima
Indrajith
has
also
acted
in
some
Malayalam
and
Tamil
films
and
TV
serials.
Prithviraj
married
BBC
India
TV
journalist
Supriya
Menon
on
25
April
2011.
He
made
his
debut
in
the
Malayalam
film
industry
in
2002
at
the
age
of
19
with
the
film
Nandanam.
After
that,
he
acted
in
more
than
60
Malayalam
films.
He
made
his
debut
in
the
Tamil
film
industry
in
the
year
2005
with
the
film
Kana
Kanden.
After
that,
he
acted
in
films
like
Parijatham,
Kannamoochi
Enada
in
2007,
Vellithirai
in
2008
and
Ninaithale
Inikum
in
2009.
In
2010,
he
acted
in
the
movie
Raavanan
directed
by
Mani
Ratnam.
It
is
noteworthy
that
he
won
the
Kerala
State
Film
Award
for
Best
Actor
in
2006.
He
runs
two
film
production
companies
named
August
Cinema
and
Prithviraj
Productions.
He
produced
and
distributed
more
than
50
films
through
these
two
production
companies.
In
such
a
situation,
the
income
tax
raid
at
Prithviraj
Sukumaran's
place
and
other
Malayalam
film
producers
houses
creates
huge
buzz
in
the
film
industry.